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Russell Crowe Criticizes ‘Gladiator 2’: ‘A Really Unfortunate Example’ of the Creative Team ‘Not Understanding What Made the First One Special’ Discussion (variety.com)
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[–] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Exactly what are these big artistic swings that he has whiffed on and what were the movies?

House of Gucci was just boring as shit.

The Last Dual was just a disjointed dull shitty mess that did nothing to make me give a fuck about any of it.

All the Money in the World was a plodding shitty movie that was just a chore to sit through.

Alien Covenant was two hours of idiocy with loads of mental masturbation over his silly android.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    For Alien: Covenant and Prometheus I strongly recommend the Ninth Circle and Chaos edition fan edits respectively, it makes both movies far more coherent and enjoyable.

    Prometheus, with the Chaos Edition fanedit, in particular becomes a completely different experience with characters behaving much more rationaly and viewers getting more insight into their personality and motivations.

    It is strange that Scott did seem to have filmed more coherent versions of both films (most of the content is from deleted/alt scenes), but then decided to go with whatever we got for the theatrical versions.

    I actually enjoyed the theatrical versions as well, but I love sci-fi/horror and I will watch almost any movie that combines these genres. That being said, many parts of the theatrical version of Prometheus were comically stupid, almost like an unintentional parody.

    Alien: Covenant also had a lot of stupid moments.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    It is strange that Scott did seem to have filmed more coherent versions of both films (most of the content is from deleted/alt scenes), but then decided to go with whatever we got for the theatrical versions.

    No it isn’t. Scott has a long history of that. It is one of the many ways he fails as a movie maker. He is the poster child for the big bad evil studio interference card to explain away his mediocrity.

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